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A new edition of the definitive collector's guide to Beanie Babies--the hottest collectible trend in recent years. Each of the Beanies--including current, retired, and redesigned toys--is described in a complete history, with color photos and up-to-date information on prices and popularity. (Antiques/Collectibles)
“Fascinating, strange, sad, funny, and entirely engrossing, The Great Beanie Baby Bubble is a smart, engaging book that’s as much about the odd saga of these plush toys as it is about the nature of obsession and desire.” —SUSAN ORLEAN, author of Rin Tin Tin New York Times bestselling author Zac Bissonnette explores what happened when a $5 stuffed animal took over America and turned a college dropout into a billionaire. Now a major motion picture starring Elizabeth Banks and Zach Galifianakis, The Great Beanie Baby Bubble tells the story of the most extraordinary craze of the 1990s. In the history of consumer crazes, nothing compares to Beanie Babies. With no advertising or big-box distribution, creator Ty Warner – an eccentric college dropout – became a billionaire in just three years. But the end of the fad was just as swift and extremely devastating, with "rare" Beanie Babies deemed worthless as quickly as they'd once been deemed priceless. Bissonnette explains how and why the Beanie Baby craze rose and fell, and explores the rise of ecommerce and eBay. Through first-ever interviews with former Ty Inc. employees, Warner's sister, and the two ex-girlfriends who were by his side as he became the richest man in the history of toys, The Great Beanie Baby Bubble tells the inspiring yet tragic story of one of America's most enigmatic self-made tycoons. Perfect for collectors, investors, and fans of marketing and business books, The Great Beanie Baby Bubble explores the mass hysteria that captivated America.
The definitive collector's guide about Beanie Babies -- a "must have" book for all Beanie collectors.
Tracing developments in toy making and marketing across the evolving landscape of the 20th century, this encyclopedia is a comprehensive reference guide to America's most popular playthings and the culture to which they belong. From the origins of favorite playthings to their associations with events and activities, the study of a nation's toys reveals the hopes, goals, values, and priorities of its people. Toys have influenced the science, art, and religion of the United States, and have contributed to the development of business, politics, and medicine. Toys and American Culture: An Encyclopedia documents America's shifting cultural values as they are embedded within and transmitted by the nation's favorite playthings. Alphabetically arranged entries trace developments in toy making and toy marketing across the evolving landscape of 20th-century America. In addition to discussing the history of America's most influential toys, the book contains specific entries on the individuals, organizations, companies, and publications that gave shape to America's culture of play from 1900 to 2000. Toys from the two decades that frame the 20th century are also included, as bridges to the fascinating past—and the inspiring future—of American toys.
"There has never been a craze like Beanie Babies. The $5 beanbag animals with names like Seaweed the Otter and Gigi the Poodle drove a large swath of America into a greed-fueled frenzy as they chased the rarest Beanie Babies, whose values escalated weekly in the late 1990s. Just as strange as the mass hysteria was the man behind it. Sometimes called the "Steve Jobs of plush" by his employees, he obsessed over every detail of every animal his company ever released. He had no marketing budget and no connections, but he had something more valuable - an intuitive grasp of human psychology that would make him the richest man in the history of toys. The Great Beanie Baby Bubble is a classic American story of people winning and losing vast fortunes chasing what one dealer remembers as "the most spectacular dream ever sold.""--Back cover.
The book Why Didn't I Think of That! includes the passage "If a toy has magic, when people see it they say, 'Oooh! What is that?' . . . It appeals to the kid in everybody." That same kind of magic captures "the kid in everybody" when they pick up Timeless Toys: Classic Toys and the Playmakers Who Created Them. Timeless Toys represents one of the finest documentaries and displays of modern toys ever written. Author Tim Walsh, a successful toy inventor himself, reveals a world of commerce, toys, and wonder that is equally fun, fascinating, and nostalgic. Readers of every age and background will find it impossible to pick up this book, turn a few pages, and not become spellbound by its insightful stories and the personal memories that the text and 420 brilliantly colored photographs bring forth. Slinky, Lego, Tonka trucks, Monopoly, Big Wheel, Frisbee, Hula Hoop, Super Ball, Scrabble, Barbie, Radio Flyer Wagons: All of these and many, many more are featured in this fascinating tome, along with the toys' histories, insider profiles, and rare interviews with toy industry icons. It's simply magic!
As the ultimate book for every Beanie Baby collector and fan, this guide includes descriptions and value estimates for active and retired Beanies and Teenie Beanies.
Emphasizing the institutions and the mechanisms that participants use in the marketplace to conduct transactions, Daniel Keating’s “Systems Approach” provides a functional perspective of Articles 2 and 2A of the Uniform Commercial Code in practice. Comprehensive, problem-based coverage encompasses the domestic sale of goods, real estate sales, leases, and international sales. Thoughtful problems for students incorporate insights from this distinguished author’s interviews with leading figures in commerce as well as from actual sales forms and documents. News stories further illustrate, in real-world examples, how the system works in practice. Organized by Assignments, this engaging casebook lends flexibility in teaching and course design. New to the 7th Edition: The most significant revision ever. This edition has 15 new primary cases as well as 80 new problems at the end of the 28 assignments. The addition of 40 new formative assessment questions and explanations bring the total assessment questions for the book to more than 100. Updates to the Teacher’s Manual, with nearly 350 helpful pages including syllabus suggestions, in-depth answers to each problem, and four complete essay exams and model answers. Three important and recently decided federal appellate cases have been added: VLM Food Trading Int’l, Inc. v. Illinois Trading Co. (7th Cir. 2016) (analyzing battle of the forms case under the CISG); Lincoln Composites, Inc. v. Firetrace USA, LLC (8th Cir. 2016) (defining when an exclusive remedy “fails of its essential purpose” under UCC §2-719, and also discussing how to measure breach of warranty damages for accepted goods under UCC §2-714); and Zaretsky v. William Goldberg Diamond Corp. (clarifying which merchants “deal in goods of the kind” for purposes of UCC §2-403(2)) Professors and students will benefit from: A problem method that forces students to engage in the most productive level of learning during classroom time: applying the law to new facts. In-depth Teacher’s Manual enables instructors to be well-equipped to guide students through the problems. An author who is always happy to interact directly and on short notice with casebook adopters by phone or email regarding any questions on any material in the book. Concise text that explains the law clearly so that students can successfully answer the problems for class. Extensive interviews with various players in the sales system giving the material a real-world relevance that students particularly appreciate. More than 100 multiple-choice assessment questions with detailed explanations to help students measure and clarify their understanding of the material as they go along, consistent with the requirements of new ABA Standard 314 on the need for formative assessment tools in the law school curriculum.
Describes Ty Inc.'s Beanie Babies characters and their name tags, and charts their values.
Daniel Keating's Sales: A Systems Approach provides an interactive approach for UCC Article 2 Sales of Goods courses that includes clear textual explanations, interesting class-discussion problems, and formative assessment questions that allow students to test their mastery of key concepts throughout the course. Emphasizing the institutions and the mechanisms that participants use in the marketplace to conduct transactions, Daniel Keating’s “Systems Approach” provides a functional perspective of Articles 2 and 2A of the Uniform Commercial Code in practice. Comprehensive, problem-based coverage encompasses the domestic sale of goods, real estate sales, leases, and international sales. Thoughtful problems for students incorporate insights from this distinguished author’s interviews with leading figures in commerce as well as from actual sales forms and documents. News stories further illustrate, in real-world examples, how the system works in practice. Organized by Assignments, this engaging casebook lends flexibility in teaching and course design. New to the Eighth Edition: More than 200 multiple-choice poll questions (added to the Teacher's Manual) that are tied to selected casebook problems for instructors to use during class and/or to make available to students as formative assessment questions outside of class in addition to the more than 100 formative assessment questions already included within the casebook itself Textual material that analyzes the 2022 Amendments to Article 2 and their effect on hybrid transactions, the statute of frauds, and the parol evidence rule Problems on whether Article 2 covers the sale of Bitcoin, whether the lack of an engine immobilizer anti-theft device in certain Kia and Hyundai cars is a breach of the implied warranty of merchantability, and whether the pandemic should qualify as an excuse under UCC section 2-615 Fourteen new primary cases, including Williams v. Amazon, Inc. (E.D. Pa. 2021) (analyzing breach of implied warranty of fitness for a particular purpose claim against Amazon for sale of a henna tattoo kit); Velez v. RM Acquisition, LLC (N.D. Ill. 2023) (discussing whether a GPS system for truck drivers qualifies as a consumer product under the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act); and Jet Experts, LLC v. Asian Pacific Aviation Ltd. (S.D.N.Y. 2022) (determining whether sale of a used corporate jet qualifies for specific performance remedy). Professors and students will benefit from: Problem method forces students to engage in the most productive level of learning during classroom time: applying the law to new facts. In-depth Teacher’s Manual enables instructor to be well-equipped to guide students through the problems. An author who is always happy to interact directly and on short notice with casebook adopters by phone or email regarding any questions on any material in the book. Concise text explains the law clearly so that students can successfully answer the problems for class. Extensive interviews with various players in the sales system give the material a real-world relevance that students particularly appreciate. More than 100 multiple-choice assessment questions with detailed explanations help students measure and clarify their understanding of the material as they go along, consistent with the requirements of ABA Standard 314 on the need for formative assessment tools in the law school curriculum.